Eleksmaker A3 Pro Laser Engraver - UPGRADE

[IMVerny311 (Allen Russell)]

Machine: Eleksmaker A3 Pro Laser Engraver

Board: C3d Mini

Firmware: Smoothie or GRBL-LPC? “I have a new board and I’m using whatever it came with” is also a great answer!

Problem/ Question: Hi, I bought a Eleksmaker A3 Pro Laser Engraver, can I use my Cohesion3D mini to control the machine?
( I just bought the [Cohesion3D LaserBoard] ) I wanted to hook up my Graphic LCD Control Panel but I cant find my adapter was wondering if I can buy another one.

[IMVerny311 (Allen Russell)]

Well I Guess the C3d Mini can’t handle the Eleksmaker A3 Pro Laser Engraver because no one is telling me different, How sad

[Cohesion3D]

I included an extra GLCD adapter in the shipment to you today so hopefully you will be all set now.

There are a number of resources on the forum if you simply search for diode

You may have to piece things together from these two, that should be a good starting point:

Cheap diode laser upgrade

So I’ve purchased my first laser machine. A cheap diode laser off of ebay. (link below and pics attached) My issue is with the knock off nano arduino running grbl .8. I’ve struggled for days to get it updated with no headway made. This pushed me into the decision to purchase a proper controller, the cohesion board. I do have a lot of questions before I do this. My current board, has ports for my stepper motors, the laser itself, power etc… will the cohesion board have the same ports? W…

Take 2 C3D mini with ARCO diode system

From the C3D facebook page that I posted a long time ago. I will see how that makes out. It might flow funny because its all cut and paste. The file uploaded was created for my ACRO diode laser setup. The file as uploaded has homing support but is turned off. To enable it go the the endstop section and change from false to true. The file has been tested with X, Y, and Z motor and homing. The testing so far has only been with a 2 wire laser. At this time I am running the controller/motors at 1…

[IMVerny311 (Allen Russell)]

Thanks for getting back to me & Thanks for the extra GLCD adapter.
The Info seems good so when I get it I can start riight away. I bought the Eleksmaker A3 Pro Laser Engraver
to take for outside jobs. Thank you for your help and will give updates when I start.